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Sunday, 3 February 2013

Parakeets: Do they have feet or hands?

That
is precisely what I was wondering when I saw the parakeet that was sitting on
my neighbor’s flowering tree (Caesalpinia
pulcherrima) helping himself to
the green beautiful seeds! Did I say “himself”? From the way its face is, with
that domineering birsonality'', I strongly believe that it is a male!

This one looks like it even has a moustache!

Thinking about which one below to pick!

It was amazing to watch how versatile the parakeet was, in using its feet and beak together in picking (or
pecking at) the seedpods, opening it and taking out the shiny green seeds and
bringing them to its mouth, while I was clicking away!

Success on the first focused attempt itself!

Hmm... I am sure there is a huge amount of balance and talent required for this activity!

The face of contentment!

A green parakeet was sitting on a (green) tree with red flowers pecking at the
shiny green peas with his red beaks! What a beautiful sight! I thought it was
worth sharing!

And
btw, did you know that parakeets have eye lashes too? So, it’s not just the “lady”
bugs that have eye lashes, Alright ?

I
remember the time about 7 years back when my younger child was about 3 years of
age, there was news about the West Nile Virus infection being spread through
infected mosquitoes. My daughter reported that she was probably bitten by a
mosquito that was sitting in the bathroom. So I asked her to describe the
mosquito (maybe there was something about the species/look of the certain
mosquito that was spreading the disease). She said it was a female mosquito. I
asked her how she could figure out that it was a female. She said that the
mosquito had eye lashes!

How
I wish I had kept track of all the funny things my children said while they
were growing up! Having children and raising them makes me go through the
growing up process one more time. I understand myself who I was and what
type of kid I was, as a child! That helps me to do a better job as a mother
since I know how I felt, as a child in a certain situation!

This is especially
true of my younger child! I feel so blessed
that I am going through this awareness of who I was, as a child, since I always
thought of myself as a difficult child!

5 comments:

Its not about the hands or legs- its about the brains that they have got and how to use them to the best that amazes me. Its little beautiful beings like these that exposes the immense capability of our brains and how less we use them. Shame on us!

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